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  • MeanEYE@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    Good luck to them. It would be great it they could offer a better service to consumers, instead of rewarding developers who will go to most popular provider anyway or be on all of them for obvious reasons.

  • SternburgExport@feddit.deEnglish
    86·
    2 years ago

    Oh great just what I needed. As if it wasn’t already annoying enough to have this garbage on my pc for exactly one game.

  • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    211·
    2 years ago

    Does this mean we’ll be able to buy books in the Kindle app again if Google has to allow 3rd party stores?

        • OtterAEnglish
          5·
          2 years ago

          In your defense, the first paragraph of the article was confusing

          Despite initial opposition from Apple and Google, the Epic Games Store plans to broaden its digital marketplace to iOS and Android platforms later this year. The company has started discussions about the upcoming launch of it’s new third-party store for mobile devices, although the platform will only be available in the EU thanks to the DMA, until Apple enables third party app stores in other areas.

          It says Google opposed it, but the third party store thing is specific to Apple

          • TheMurphy@lemmy.worldEnglish
            42·
            2 years ago

            That’s because there’s more to the DMA than the 3rd party app stores. It also means that Google/Apple are not allowed to charge their 30% if an app developer uses their own payment platform.

            Today a company like Spotify has to pay 30% of its subscription models to Google/Apple, it it’s bought through the app - same with Epic if the launched an app store for its games.

            This is very predatory and monopolistic behavior, and that’s why it’s not illegal to do in the EU anymore. And Google opposed this because it was their biggest cash cow on Android.

              • Chewy@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
                2·
                2 years ago

                Yes, since Android 12 app updates doesn’t require user confirmation for updates through the store which installed an app originally. This came at a similar time as the Epic lawsuits, so it might be a concession to prevent losing a lawsuit about their anti-competetive behaviour.

                Google did pay manufacturers to not include third-party app stores [1], but I they can’t force other stores to pay them any fees. It’s bonkers to me that Apple wants to charge other app stores for providing apps to their consumers, who paid Apple to own their device.

                [1] https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/19/22632806/google-epic-premier-device-program-lg-motorola-hmd

      • TheMurphy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        2 years ago

        That’s because there’s more to the DMA than the 3rd party app stores. It also means that Google/Apple are not allowed to charge their 30% if an app developer uses their own payment platform.

        Today a company like Spotify has to pay 30% of its subscription models to Google/Apple, it it’s bought through the app - same with Epic if the launched an app store for its games.

        This is very predatory and monopolistic behavior, and that’s why it’s not illegal to do in the EU anymore. And Google opposed this because it was their biggest cash cow on Android.

          • TheMurphy@lemmy.worldEnglish
            12·
            2 years ago

            That’s exactly what I’m saying. I’m not sure about the Galaxy store though, as it’s only available on their own hardware.

              • Chewy@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
                2·
                2 years ago

                Yes, third party app stores were a pain for a long time, until Google allowed other stores to update apps unattended. A user having to comfirm each individual update was a terrible user experience.

                Google and other pre-installed app stores circumvented the issue by being installed with system privileges to install any app unattended.

                Any third-party store who’d want to do the same would either have to pay other manufacturers to be pre-installed, or require their users to root their phone. Or they were annoyed by updates and use the Play Store instead.